Month of Recovery - CARDIO MANIA

I mentioned it last week that I'm entering a month of no lifting as I try to let me elbows recover.

SO while I'm doing that, I'll be doing a lot of Cardio on the Elliptical.

So here's the link to my March Workout tracker if you're curious.

I did 32 minutes today using the MMA setting. I plan on adding 2 minutes to my daily session through Thursday. Rest Friday/Saturday. Then start the new week on Sunday with the same time I did on Thursday. This will add 8 minutes per week to the amount I'm doing.

Here's today's summary:

	Monday
	3/3/2014
Type	MMA L8
Time	32
Distance	3.51
HR (avg)	138
HR (Max)	167
METS	4
Weigh-in	229

So little time

Well the last 5 weeks have been trying for my workout regime.

10 days out with a flu hitting in the middle of my workout schedule. Next week I'm back working out, and as I hadn't worked my legs in about 2 weeks, I had a bit of a pull in my right quad while doing my starting weight for abductions.

That put me out for another week.

Therefore, for the next month I will be hitting the gym with only 1 thing in mind, letting my injuries heal. I will be doing only cardio. I'm hoping to push toward doing 1 hour of cardio by the end of the month.

So from now until April I will only be doing Cardio at the gym, abs at home from my hanging straps, and I'm going to try to being my flexibility up and start doing some Yoga.

Wow....long time no update.

OK It's been forever since I last posted my workout...Trust me even with all kinds of stuff going on I've still been getting at least 2 days in per week.

Here's My January workout log...it's on view only.

I've been dealing with the elbow issue, it's getting better, not 100% yet, but better.
Here's last weeks Cardio

I decided to up my time to 25 minutes to get a little more burn in hopefully cut some more fat off my frame...

date	type	time	HR (AVG/MAX)	distance	METS
1/12/2014	MMA L6	12	138/156	1.36		Sunday
1/13/2014	MMA L8	22	134/166	2.49	5.2	Monday
1/14/2014	vet visit					tuesday
1/15/2014	make-up time					Wednesday
1/16/2014	MMA L8	25	134/168	2.66	3.8	Thursday
1/17/2014	MMA L8	25	137/162	2.81	3.9	Friday

LEVEL UP! New Stats

Well after 10 weeks of working out, I think it's time to update my stats.

My self-diagnosed stats from 7/23/13 (Strength 12, Dexterity 12, Constitution 7).

My new Stats:
Strength 13/50 
     I'm benching 225# real bench. I can do 3 actual pull-ups now without an assist. My leg Strength is

Dexterity 12/50 
     I'm going to say my Dex hasn't improved too much, yet. A little bit, but not a massive amount.

Constitution 10/01
     This is where I've really improved over the last 10 weeks. I would put myself at low average for endurance. I don't get majorly winded anymore, I have to really push myself on the elliptical to get my heart rate up to 80%.

I will continue to push myself weekly. Loving working out again. I have actually started cardio days on my off-lift days. So Thursdays and Fridays, (and Saturdays we can't make Kung Fu), I will be rocking some extra cardio. Today I actually hit the treadmill...way harder than the elliptical, I did nearly a mile before my ankle demanded I switch to something lower impact.

My current supplements are Met-RX protein powder (from Trader Joe's) and Con-CRET creatine. (From CostCo)

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Lessons for others

So since I've been going to Crunch, my daily weight has only fluctuated within a few pounds. I started at 238 1/2 pounds. This entire week I've been weighing in at 235-238. Thus after 2 weeks, I've lost fat but I haven't lost any weight whatsoever. My clothing fits better, I feel better; that's what matters.

1. When you start working out, you have to burn the fat out of your muscles first.

2. You lose fat from the last place you put fat on last.

3. Being healthy is more important than appearance.

2 MORE WEEKS and a NEW gym

It's been a busy  two weeks.

I changed gyms, now I'm a Crunch Fitness member, as it is on the way home rather than all the way across Escondido. The equipment is different, so I'm trying to adjust, the biggest change is the ellipticals, none of them is the same as the ones I was using at CHUZE. Now I'm trying to adjust, in the end it doesn't really matter as long as I do my 15 minutes and break a good sweat.

There's some new equipment at Crunch, but I do kind of like that I have actual free barbell benches now. I bench pressed 205 yesterday, and I know it was really 205; it was all me. I probably could have done 225, but I didn't have a spotter. It was a Sunday morning after all.

I'm now trying out Creatine. My legs are just now feeling normal after my creatine induced 720# power sled set on Thursday!!! Yes, 720#...I worked up sets from 180#, adding 90# until I couldn't do at least 8. I did FIVE at 720#...

Also, Crunch actually has a scale in the locker room...a medical scale so know it's accurate...last Sunday 238 1/2 pounds...wow...I know I've lost a few pounds around the middle, but I've also been putting on weight, it will be interesting to see what my weight does as I continue to lose fat...if it's a 1:1 conversion, I'll be going as Logan to comic Con one day....'You talkin' to me Bub?"

I'll be posting the pages of my book later, no time to copy all the info.